Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“XAROS”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
29 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-le-Comte · since 2018
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Ukkel · since 1982
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Oostkamp · since 1984
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Development of non-residential building projects · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1989
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Other personal services · Zulte · since 1990
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Gent · since 1990
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oostende · since 1995
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Office administrative and support services · Oostende · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Gesves · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Zonhoven · since 2016
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Construction of roads and motorways · Mouscron · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Linkebeek · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Geel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Faros - competition & data protection · Activities of lawyers · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Boortmeerbeek · since 2023
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2008
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Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Aarschot · since 2004
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Demolition · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Nieuwpoort · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
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Support activities for animal production · Wingene · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Mechelen · since 2012
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Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of FORTUNE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nijlen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of AFRIKAANSE RAAD ONTWIKKELINGSAMENWERKING · Gent · since 2001
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Site preparation · since 1989
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Abbreviation of AROS Organisation VoG · Kelmis · since 2026